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Mr.Lucky
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i dont know how many peoples commutes were affected by this or if anyone else heard about it. Sad to hear for 1, even worse to hear a High Ranking Telsa Exec. and 2 employees were those to die.
http://www.ktvu.com/news/22589862/detail.html
EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A twin-engine Cessna struck transmission lines shortly after take-off from a small airport early Wednesday, exploding in midair and then crashing down on a residential street, killing all three people onboard and igniting two homes and three vehicles on fire, authorities said.
The plane, authorities said, was bound for Hawthorne Municipal Airport in Southern California and took off in foggy conditions and crashed about 7:50 a.m. near Garden and Beech streets northwest of the Palo Alto airport.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said all three who were on the plane were killed, but there had been no injuries on the ground.
Daniel Morales, who told KTVU he had previously flown with the pilot and was at the airport when the plane departed, identiifed him as a high-ranking official at Tesla Motors with two other of the firm's employees onboard. Authorities, however, have not released the names of the victims.
The plane was registered to Douglas Bourn, a resident of Santa Clara.
The plane hit transmission lines that are draped 100 feet above the ground near Highway 101. It exploded on impact with the wires, splitting into several pieces, landing on a street. The flaming wreckage skidded down the street, striking structures, homes and cars. A portion of a wing crashed into one of the homes.
One of the damaged homes housed a daycare center for 15-20 children. Fortunately, there were no children there at the time of the crash, said Menlo Park Fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman.
A portion of the engine and landing gear hit another garage, Schapelhouman said. Flaming pieces of wreckage slided down the street, setting three vehicles on fire, he added.
Schapelhouman said there were no reports of missing people, but a neighborhood search would be contacted again once investigators were on the scene and wreckage could be moved.
Heather Starnes , who lives in the neighborhood, was leaving her home to take her daughter to school when she saw the crash.
“We heard something and it blew up in the air,” she told KTVU. “There was this big explosion. Part of it hit my neighbor’s house who has a daycare and part of it hit my neighbor’s other house. They are burning.”
Starnes said fortunately there were no children at the daycare at the time of the crash.
“Praise God there were no kids in the daycare, it hit where they would have been in the daycare,” she said.
Starnes said the plane slammed into a power line.
“It hit a power line,” she said. “Then it exploded -- then half hit the next door neighbor’s house and the other half hit across the street. We were right in the road.”
Starnes said neighbors immediately flocked to the crash scene to help.
“There was one house, we couldn’t save it,” she said. “(Plane parts) It hit cars, there were a lot of explosions. There weren’t any injuries in the houses.”
Neighbors said that the area was draped in fog at the time of the crash. The National Weather Service had issued a dense fog advisory for the Bay Area a few hours earlier that was in effect until 10 a.m. The advisory meant that widespread visibility of less than one-quarter mile was expected, especially in areas adjacent to the Bay.
Gregor said it would have been up to the pilot to decide how safe it would have been to take off.
"That decision would have been up to the pilot," the FAA spokesman said.
Patricia Armistead, who lived in the neighborhood, heard the explosion and raced outside.
"You couldn't really see anything because the fog was so thick," she said, although she did see a few flames.
The crash also caused a massive power outage in both East Palo Alto and Palo Alto.
The majority of traffic signals in Palo Alto were still not working at mid-morning. The power outage alos caused Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital to operate on backup power generators.
Palo Alto city officials said there was no estimate for when power will be restored
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fastertoys1
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yeah i saw all the streets blocked off. thought i was a drive by though i didnt see a plane.
they kids must have stripped it before the cops got their...
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Originally posted by fastertoys1:
they kids must have stripped it before the cops got there...
LMAO
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It looks like it was 3 employees of my main customer Tesla Motors. I'm waiting to hear back from them they haven't released the names yet. I'm a little worried, one of my buddies over their has not returned my call's or text's yet, not like him. Hope is his alright.
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Originally posted by snakebit95:
It looks like it was 3 employees of my main customer Tesla Motors. I'm waiting to hear back from them they haven't released the names yet. I'm a little worried, one of my buddies over their has not returned my call's or text's yet, not like him. Hope is his alright.
Hope he's ok. Glad no kids got hurt.
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Eddie510-
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Originally posted by fastertoys1:
yeah i saw all the streets blocked off. thought i was a drive by though i didnt see a plane.
they kids must have stripped it before the cops got their...
LOL I think I seen parts on craiglist already " Got a wing forsale Roug" lol
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